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House amends bill to move certain school fees into base funding, increases fiscal note to $13.1M
Summary
Lawmakers amended and passed a bill that would eliminate many academic and extracurricular fees paid at school windows by moving costs into the base education budget, with an estimated fiscal impact of $13.1 million. Supporters argued the change restores the constitutional promise of free public education; opponents wanted more detail on funding sources.
The Utah House amended and passed first substitute House Bill 1 65 to shift many school academic and extracurricular fees into the base funding formula, increasing the fiscal figure in the bill from $10 million to $13.1 million based on updated Office of Education estimates.
Representative Frank,…
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